BLO(O)MFIELDs - Stoneham

[Yi Win]

Hi,

Will follows - not all of it coz it wouldnt fit in the given space on here but if anyone wants to read it all it will fit on another 2 posts....

translation from Latin

The will of Gilbert Blomwile (PROB 11/2B)


In the name of God, Amen, on the second day of the month of March in the year of the lord 1415 and in the third year of the reign of Henry V after the conquest, I, Gilbert Blomwile, citizen and cloth-worker of London, being sound of mind and in my memory, found, ordain and make my present testament of my last will in this manner. First of all, I bequeath and commend my soul to omnipotent God, my creator and saviour, and to the Blessed Virgin Mary, his mother, and to all the saints, and my body to be buried in the parish church of St Michael upon Cornehull, London, if I have happen to die in London, but if elsewhere, wherever God out of his mercy wishes to arrange this for me. Item, I bequeath to the highest altar of the same church for my tithes and oblations forgotten and withdrawn 20s. Item, I bequeath to the fabric fund of the body of the same church 20s. Item, I bequeath to each stipendiary chaplain of the same church to beg for my soul 12d. Item, I bequeath towards the finding of a suitable and honest chaplain to celebrate divine services for my soul and the souls of my father and mother and of all the faithful deceased in the aforesaid church of St Michael throughout the three entire years next following after my decease £20. I wish that the same chaplain be charged to be present at all the divine services in the aforesaid church to do, just as it pertains [to him to do]. Item, I bequeath to John my son £20 of sterling. Item, I bequeath to Rose his ?mother 40s. Item, I bequeath towards the new roofs of the church of Stonham Germygan, where I was born, one fother of lead.

[Lady Grace]

Just discovered these new  posts, so will have a good read, thank you so very very much for all the work, golly this is addictive, one just has to KNOW!!!!! Yes the Gilbert name absence is odd but then again, there may have been family circumstances we are not aware of as to why it was dropt..........I am sure we will unravel  this mystery  in time, many thanks again :>)
re Guilbert's will. a new roof for the church in Stonham where he was born......and somewhere I have seen that name Rose..hmmmmmm thinking cap goes on .........

[Yi Win]

any luck with the thinking cap?
 

[Lady Grace]

It was the wrong Rose and the wrong date...drat!
But have been researching 'WOODFIELD MANOR' which evidently was occupied by one of our ancestors of the Blomfield Blomvyle Family tree, John Blomfield clothier of Dedham and family/families, c 1700's..., its a  very fine looking listed grade 1 building, quite fascinating to find something of that age that our family owned and occupied, most buildings are long gone, some nice photos on the internet of it.....

[Yi Win]

Four Elms and Clockhouse in Stonham are still there - they are both working farms and listed buildings - I did try to contact the local Historian for some pics and he said he'd look into it and ask the owners but didnt get back to me.

I hope to go and visit at some point but it is about a 6hr drive from where we live and with 2 dogs.............. its a long way to go to look at a house (and only from the outside at that - with no guarantee of any pics)

[Lady Grace]

that would be wonderful, I am trying to obtain some photographic evidence of where some the Blomfields/Blonvyles used to live for the   Blomfield website, sadly most of the older Manors/Halls/buildings have long gone ...as its so far back in time  but one lives in hope! :>) any photos re old Blomfields estates etc., would be most welcome

[Yi Win]

Hi Grace,

This may interest you or not but here goes.

The local historian I contacted put me in touch with the historian in Mendlesham and while i was talking to him he told me that quite a lot of the original manors simpley no longer exist because originally it was the main (Manor) house that the workers lived around, the church was built around, the the land farmed around.

Then in later years it became more fashionable for the 'Lord' to live away from his workers and he moved outside the village and into a more spaceous area leaving behind the workers, church and land.

The original building then fell into disuse (many near churches) and this is why they are no longer there.

The later manors changed hands often due to loans and mortgages that were taken out to build them which meant the next generation sold or let them to cover costs.

Hope thats of interest somewhere to someone.

Yi

[Suffolk Mawther]

The local historian I contacted put me in touch with the historian in Mendlesham

Have you been chatting to Geoff or Don 

Pat ...
http://www.slhc.org.uk/recorders.html

[Lady Grace]

Thanks for that info Yi, that makes a lot of sense, go live in a castle/manorhouse and let the staff have the house lol :>). was interested to read re Gilberts will that he had property in Calias France, as well as his estate in England, very interesting somewhere in one of these wills etc., there must be a reference to who we are looking for it HAS to be somewhere!!!! And I feel happier now having solved, well almost ,the Blomvyle Hall in Easton Hacheson with the Blomvyles owing a good deal of land there way back, not my line but interesting nevertheless, as no one, simply no one knew where the Hall  had got its  name!!!!!!
I feel we are gaining ground slowly, thanks to all who have helped, its amazing and incredible!!!! you guys rock!!!